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Sakshi Malik (born 3 September 1992) is a former Indian freestyle wrestler. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she won the bronze medal in the 58 kg category, becoming the first Indian female wrestler to win a medal at the Olympics.
Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik announced her retirement from wrestling in front of the media in New Delhi on Thursday. Sakshi Malik, now 31, last competed at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham.
3 days ago · Sakshi Malik recalled the times when she became the first Indian woman to win a medal in wrestling at the Olympics. In the quadrennial event in Rio eight years ago, Sakshi bagged the bronze medal in the women’s freestyle 58 kg category. As India move into the Paris Olympics in 2024, she remains India’s only female medallist in wrestling in the Olympics. advertisement.
Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik is a pioneer in more ways than one. Aside from becoming the very first Indian women wrestler to win a medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics, she changed perceptions and became a role model to future generations of female wrestlers.
Dec 31, 2023 · The Hindu profiles on Sakshi Malik | Sakshi Malik's journey from a bus conductor's daughter to India's first female Olympic medalist and her fight for justice for women wrestlers.
Dec 21, 2023 · 21 Dec 2023. A top Indian wrestler has announced she will quit the sport in protest after the country’s wrestling federation replaced a president accused of sexually abusing female athletes...
1 day ago · It was just days before the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics when Sakshi Malik addressed a media briefing on July 23, 2024. Assured yet tired, ready to wrestle with the patriarchal authorities shrouding women’s sports in India, she sat for the briefing to unveil a report titled ‘“We Were Only Demanding Justice”: Sexual Abuse in the Indian Wrestling Federation’.The report, supported by The Sport & Rights Alliance, is about the shocking trend of harassment and abuse committed by ...
Aug 16, 2020 · Sakshi MALIK Wrestling. If Geeta Phogat’s gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games brought India’s women’s wrestling to the forefront, it was Sakshi Malik who helped it seal a place in the Indian sporting folklore. Sakshi Malik is the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal.
Dec 22, 2023 · Sakshi Malik, who won an Olympic bronze medal in wrestling in 2016, has announced her retirement from the sport. She announced the decision at a press conference held by some of...
Jul 8, 2024 · Ahead of the Paris Olympics 2024, wrestler Sakshi Malik expressed her feelings about playing in the big tournament saying that it's not only a dream of an athlete but also the dream of her family.
